Karl howman and ethem cetintas direct this british documentary about the civilians who secretly built thousands of spitfire fighter planes during wwii. The secret spitfires have a reputations as englands top professional wedding band. It came about through one of our supporters ian thomas who. Spitfire 944 is a short documentary in which an 83yearold world war ii pilot views 16mm footage of his 1944 spitfire crashlanding for the first time, sixtyone years after the event. See more ideas about film movie, movies and what lies beneath. Squadron of lost wwii spitfires to be exhumed in burma 142. Directors cut with showcase cinemas streamlined booking process making your visit to the cinema as smooth as possible. But unknown to them, the british decide to build spitfires in secret. A new feature film has been released in salisbury, and for the first time ever its showcasing the secret spitfire operations that took place in the city during world war two. Secret spitfires the story of hundreds of women, girls. I will never forget driving by movie crews shooting what lies beneath, sweet hearts dance and me, myself and irene, here in vermont on my way home from work. The film was amazing full of interesting people, artefacts and anectodes of the time. Secret spitfire factories where women, children and oaps built thousands of the iconic raf fighters after nazis thought theyd stopped their production revealed. The secret spitfires tv movie 2016 release info imdb.
This chosen town went on to produce hundreds of spitfires responsible for the highest rate of kill during the war. The spitfires are a watford based 3piece consisting of songwriter billy sullivan on lead vocals and guitar, sam long on bassbacking vocals and matt johnson. Secret spitfires is the story of of young girls, boys women and handful of elderly men. Information about the secret spitfires film 1009418. Directed by ethem cetintas, karl howman, ethem cetintas. Real airframes if required were modified to resemble early mki or ii spitfires that flew in the battle of britain this required modifications to the rudder and wingtips, with tear drop canopies of later variants being removed replaced with a modified fuselage and a period canopy arrangement. The film contains many unique archive footage and images never seen before. It was decided that a secret location would be chosen, where the planes would be built in sheds, bus depots and garages, by unskilled young girls and retired men, supervised by a few engineers. A new feature film has been released in salisbury, and for the first time ever its showcasing the secret spitfire operations that took place in the. With stunning aerial footage from the worlds top aviation photographer, the film also contains rare, digitally remastered, archive footage from the tumultuous days of the 1940s when her power. See the full list of spitfire cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. The four friends came together in late 2012 over a.
The secret spitfires the unknown story of hundreds of women, girls and a handful of men who built spitfires in secret during ww2 spitfires were the nemesis of the luftwaffe and the instrument which halted hitlers plans for invasion. For the last year we have been hearing stories about real spitfires buried in burma by the raf. The spitfires are a fourpiece poprock band hailing from watford, england. The supermarine spitfire is a british singleseat fighter aircraft used by the royal air force along with many other allied countries throughout the second world war and afterwards into the 1950s as both a front line fighter and also in secondary roles many developing countries purchased spitfires as industrial countries phased out propellerpowered aircraft in favour of new jetengined. Dec 12, 2016 vermont used to be a popular place for filming movies, especially during the 1980s and 90s. This attitude has earnt them a dedicated following and sold out shows across the uk and abroad. Many variants of the spitfire were built, using several wing configurations, and it was produced in greater numbers than any other british aircraft. Really cool film watched in salisbury where it all happened. The band were with us for six weeks and not once was their show anything less than perfect. Our film was recently picked up by the odeon cinemas as a feature documentary. The film also hears from modernday fighter pilots for whom the spitfire holds a special place in history.
An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt that sounds like a good neal stephenson plot point. Annabel fenwick elliott, senior content editor 5 march 2018 3. Made up of vocalist and guitarist billy sullivan, bass guitarist sam long, drummer matt johnson, and keyboardist chris chanell, the spitfires are known for their dynamic and powerful songwriting, resolute social commentary in their lyrics, and widely admired work ethic. Charles laughton, man of many outsize portraits, in the hunchback.
Secret spitfires is the story of of young girls, boys women and handful of elderly men who built thousands of spitfires in secret during ww2. Although it benefits from a strong cast, in secrets stars cant totally compensate for the movies sodden pacing and overly familiar story. Due to our film which has broken the news of all the secret spitfire factories, the company involved invited us to their facilities to see this great. Battle of britain the internet movie plane database. The secret spitfires of salisbury the story of hundreds of women, girls and a. With the exception of a few corporate christmas parties and award ceremonies, weddings are all they do. This is secret spitfires trailer by ethem media on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
Spitfires were the nemesis of the luftwaffe and the instrument which halted hitlers plans for invasion. Steps and secret agent, because their company, mayflower productions. Review and listings for the secret spitfires, a film by karl howman, ethem cetintas starring. Click here if you are an organisation or interested in showing the film at an. Triumph spitfire in movies and tv series page 118 next. Check the latest film times for the secret spitfires.
You can order the secret spitfires directors cut dvd now. Secret spitfires a film and theatre crowdfunding project. The spitfires biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. After destroying a number of spitfire factories in and around southampton in 1940, the german. Several years after successfully designing a revolutionary highspeed monoplane, famed british aviator r. The supermarine spitfire is a british singleseat fighter aircraft that was used by the royal air force and other allied countries before, during, and after world war ii. Secret spitfires a secret spitfire aa810 from one of the secret. The spitfires are a watfordbased 3 piece from watford. The secret spitfires of salisbury the story of hundreds of women, girls and a handful of men who built spitfires in secret during ww2.
Check the latest film times for the secret spitfires now showing at your nearest showcase. The real spitfires used to film dunkirk and how you can. Secret spitfire factories where women, children and oaps. This has been a great honour for us to show this incredible story to a lovely. Its simple to buy tickets online for the secret spitfires. The saviour of the battle of britain ww2 documentary timeline duration. The real spitfires used to film dunkirk and how you can fly in one save a spitfire at iwm duxford. This incredible secret spitfires story from salisbury ends with dame vera lynn reciting a moving poem written by a spitfire pilot. At a great costs to themselves, luftwaffe was ordered to destroy the spitfire factories and upon completing this task, germans were convinced they had. Secret spitfires a 52 minute finished documentary made for tv unveils this remarkable story for the first time. Now the news media has a story that the govt of myanmar, used to be burma, has signed a contract to dig up these planes. The sale of this dvd makes it possible for us to give free screenings for schools and educational institutions. The film, three years in the making, tells the amazing story of the secret spitfires through the testaments of the surviving workers and eye witnesses for the very first time.
This is the unknown story of how british workers continued to manufacture spitfire planes even after their factory was destroyed by bombers from adolf hitlers. It is rare for a documentary to make the big screen and you can imagine our excitement when we were asked, possibly one of the greatest compliments for this incredible story. Secret spitfires film was recently invited to us air force dday 75th anniversary celebrations at the amazing usaf museum, dayton ohio, to represent the raf museum american foundation. Sale of raf spitfire buried beneath sea for 40 years. As the end credits started in our screening of secret spitfires at armed forces day salisbury, we heard that magical sound, rushed out to find a beautiful spitfire fly past our tent, so perfectly timed, we are sure the spitfire wanted to finish the film in real style what a beautiful ending. Mitchell leslie howard travels to early nazi germany for a vacation with his friend. The story of girls, boys, women and a handful of elderly men who built thousands of spitfires in secret during wwii. It contains the feature length documentary as seen in cinemas along with over 15 minutes of extra footage, a special booklet of all the secret spitfire locations and subtitle facility. It grabbed a lot of attention but nothing has come of it, at least not yet. It looks like we dont have a synopsis for this title yet.
The secret spitfires tv movie 2016 plot summary imdb. Their work ethic, powerful songs mixed with social commentary and lack of industry support has made this fiercely independent band one of the most popular and vital underground bands in the uk today. Timeline world history documentaries recommended for you. We are seeking the final part of funding to make this important documentary available for broadcast and dvd. Spitfire is a feature documentary film about the people and the planes that helped win the battle of britain and ultimately, the second world war. This is secret spitfires trailer by ethem media on vimeo, the home for high quality videos. In fact, laughton was the movies producer, along with the german emigre. Its simple to buy tickets online for the secret spitfires with showcase cinemas streamlined booking process making your visit to the cinema as smooth as possible. Rural towns and cities such as salisbury, trowbridge, reading and southampton in the south of england become a major centre for manufacturing spitfires, hidden in sheds, garages, back gardens, a bus depots and even a hotel. Directors cut now showing at your nearest showcase. Squadron of lost wwii spitfires to be exhumed in burma. Booking the secret spitfires is hands down the best decision we made for our big day, if youre looking for an awesome band, look no further.
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